After Iver treated Dong Ya and gained a clear sense of the curse's strength, he went back and reorganized his team.
The power of a Seventh Level curse... That wasn't something ordinary people could endure.
People like Ritualist Ibn or Anar couldn't withstand a curse of this level. Even if Iver could dispel it, they couldn't exactly take three steps and dispel the curse each time as they slowly made their way forward.
At the very least, they needed some resistance to curses.
Isabel, however, had been unwilling to come. She herself wasn't afraid, and she was full of curiosity about the petrified Rock Cellar City. But she worried that the curse might harm the child in her womb, so she had chosen to play it safe.
Sherlock wasn't particularly afraid of the curse.
Those in Mithra's line of professions awakened Sunfire after reaching the Fifth Level, gaining the power of devotion—the majesty of light and fire. With that power, his "Spiritual Body Imbalance" had also been completely cured.
By casting Resist Curse on himself in advance, he could enter Rock Cellar City for a period of time.
Next was Ligeia. As a Moulting Warlock, her resistance was strong enough to let her survive in all kinds of environments. Furthermore, her current Winged Ones form provided ample resistance to negative statuses—and then there was Lily, hiding in Iver's shadow.
With Ligeia serving as the tank and Iver as the healer, they could be considered a fairly standard light assault team. Anar had wanted to come along and take a look, but Iver had firmly ordered the Snake People to keep watch over her and stop her from doing anything reckless. He didn't want to split his attention protecting a fragile NPC while exploring the dungeon.
Even if the dungeon wasn't